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#History #Tourist The Great Sphinx: is a huge stone sculpture carved from limestone, embodying a mythical creature with a human head and the body of a lion in a reclining position. Facing directly from West to East, the statue is located on the Giza plateau on the West Bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. It is believed that the facial features of the statue belong to Pharaoh Khafre. The original figure of the Sphinx was carved from the Adim Rock, later it was restored with limestone layers. The statue is 73 M (240 ft) long from claw to tail, 20 M (66 ft) high from the base to the top of the head, and 19 m (62 ft) wide at its hind feet